ROC (Race of Champions)

As I was in London all weekend visiting the sister, after the dissapointment of the daggers floodlight failure, myself and father had an amazing day at Citys second home.....Wembley Stadium to watch the race of champions. 6 hours of racing, stunts and best of all cheerleaders . I even got the chance to sit in my seat I was sat in during the Playoff final last year....oh the memorys

Did anyone else make it to Wembley on Sunday?

Saw it on the telly earlier, and have to say I had to turn it over after a while, it was dull as ditchwater once you'd seen a few races.

Antony Moxey said:

Saw it on the telly earlier, and have to say I had to turn it over after a while, it was dull as ditchwater once you'd seen a few races.

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Yeah I watched the reply from Sky Sports earlier today, didn't give it justice. The noise of Lewis Hamiltons F1 car was worth the entrance money along. During the breaks on Sky Sports there was much more going on and the two lads on the tannoy which you couldn't hear on the TV were top class.

Oh I bet - no substitute for seeing an event live. Like you say, I bet the noise was incredible.

Antony Moxey said:

Oh I bet - no substitute for seeing an event live. Like you say, I bet the noise was incredible.

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Yeah was a good day out, I must say that the 45mins stood in daggers away end will still be the highlight of the weekend......football over any other sport anyday

RoC is a bit of an end of season show so not really surprised that it doesn't translate to the TV. As you've both said it's quite impressive for the noise, probably my favourite part of when I've gone to the Festival of Speed is hearing the cars rev up in the pits

Never been to RoC and to be honest I don't think I ever will, I'd much rather spend my money on 'proper' motorsport which consists of walking miles, standing in a cold forest and being pelted with gravel Although when I put it like that the whole stadium thing seems quite a bit more attractive

And they wonder why the pitch at Wembley is always in such a dreadful state.

There must be other ways for the stadium to pay for itself rather than staging events that ruin the pitch (and yes, I know it's relaid etc., but that is even worse in terms of the development of the pitch surface!).